- Title or Description
- Violent and aggressive incidents by pupils towards teachers
- FOI Number
- 20250738
- Date Received
- 09/06/2025
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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Please provide details of the number of violent and aggressive incidents by pupils towards teachers that have been recorded in your local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (so far). This can be provided in the academic year or calendar year depending on how this information is recorded.
Please provide details of the number of physical assaults by pupils towards teachers that have been recorded in your local authority in: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (so far).
This can be provided in the academic year or calendar year depending on how this information is recorded.
How many teachers have been absent in your local authority in: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (so far) as a result of a physical injury resulting from violence and aggressive incidents from pupils?
Please provide totals for each year, as well as the total number of teachers employed.
How many teachers have been absent in your local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (so far) as a result of stress, anxiety or depression attributed to violence and aggressive incidents from pupils? Please provide totals for each year. - Response
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1) VandA Incidents 2019 274 /2020 188 /2021 269/ 2022 397/ 2023 327 /2024 247/ 2025 143
2) Physical Assaults 2019 217 /2020 130/ 2021 205/ 2022 322 /2023 208 /2024 182 /2025 119
3) 3 absent as a result of a physical injury resulting from incidents above 2019 2 /2020 2 /2021 0 /2022 11/ 2023 2 /2024 2/ 2025 1 Year
Total Headcount 2019-20 (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2020)
Headcount snapshot 31/03/2020 1254
2020-21 (01/04/2020 - 31/03/2021)
Headcount snapshot 31/03/2021 1258
2021-22 (01/04/2021 - 31/03/2022)
Headcount snapshot 31/03/2022 1250
2022-23 (01/04/2022 - 31/03/2023)
Headcount snapshot 31/03/2023 1258
2023-24 (01/04/2023 - 31/03/2024)
Headcount snapshot 31/03/2024 1272
2024-25 (01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025)
Headcount snapshot 31/03/2025 1274
2025-26 (01/04/2025 - 10/06/2025)
Headcount snapshot 10/06/2025 1265 The headcount figures exclude casual/supply staff
4) Q4 see violent assault details above in Q3 Some of the information you have requested cannot be provided because Scottish Borders Council does not hold it and therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held. The council do now have a specific violent assault absence code but this has only been in place since Feb 2025 and so I can only provide accurately from that date onwards. 2024-2025 - 2 2025-2026 - 1
